#ICYMI# #MakingTheCaseMonday# @DEANEWYORKDiv investigation led to the seizure of over 1000 lbs of marijuana, 40 lbs of suspected methamphetamine & 20 illegal firearms, including an AK-47, five AR-15s, and several firearms equipped with extended magazines from three unlicensed marijuana dispensaries in Massena, New York. #HSTF# Learn more: @TheJusticeDept

#𝐅𝐅𝐀# 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 Social media is the new street corner, putting our youth just one click away from fentanyl risks. This powerful session on the dangers of online drug sales included eye-opening insights from the DEA, NABP, and Meta Platforms. Attendees left with practical tools and knowledge to protect families and spark life-saving conversations. #FentanylFreeAmerica# 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: Melissa Kellstrom, Legislative Policy Analyst, DEA Diversion Control Division; Lemrey "AI" Carter, PharmD, RPh, MS, Executive Director, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy; Kevin Collins, DEA Senior Prevention Program Manager; Stephanie Regas, DEA Executive Assistant; and Jim Crotty, Law Enforcement Outreach Manager at Meta Platforms, Inc. @nabp @CADCA @WhiteHouse @TheJusticeDept

#𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭#: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 & 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐄𝐀 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧 DEA experts and senior executives pull back the curtain on the emerging drug threats already taking root in American communities. The drug landscape is evolving fast; the question is whether your community is ready. This session helps make sure the answer is yes. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: JC Collins, DEA Assistant Administrator, Intelligence Division; Katie Laughery, DEA Deputy Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division; Jon Pullen, DEA Associate Chief of Operations; Cheri Oz, DEA Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division; Esther Chege, DEA Assistant Administrator, Forensic Science Division. #FentanylFreeAmerica# #DEADiversion# @WhiteHouse @TheJusticeDept @CADCA

#𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭#: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚’𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) shared inspiring stories of how community-based strategies are stopping fentanyl before it starts. It's amazing to see real protection for real families in action—and to know that every community can be part of this national, life-saving movement. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: Aida Balsano, Acting Deputy Center Director, SAMHSA/CSAP; Dr. Jamila Robinson, DEA Senior Prevention Program Manager; and Ingrid Donato, Director of the Office of Prevention Innovation, SAMHSA/CSAP. #FentanylFreeAmerica# @samhsagov @WhiteHouse @TheJusticeDept @CADCA

#𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭#: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 Gen. Barrye L. Price, CEO of CADCA, recently sat down with Cheri Oz, #DEA# Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, for an insightful fireside chat. Cheri revealed how the DEA ensures the safety and legitimacy of the medicines we depend on, and shared her vision for the power of collaboration between law enforcement, DEA registrants, and prevention communities. Their conversation highlighted the real impact this partnership is already having in communities nationwide. #DEADiversion# #DEAPartnerships# #FentanylFreeAmerica# @WhiteHouse @TheJusticeDept @CADCA

The Walk Away From Fentanyl at the #FentanylFreeAmerica# Summit led by DEA Administrator Terry Cole. Hundreds of people took part in the historic walk to honor those who lost their lives and to look forward to a better future for all Americans! @DEAHQ @TheJusticeDept

#𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭#: 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐄𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 #DYK# DEA’s Community Outreach and Prevention Support team works to “help the helpers” prevent substance use at no cost to organizations or individuals. This session covered the latest resources from the DEA, including: 🔹 a new peer-to-peer component of Operation Prevention, DEA’s award-winning Grade 3-12 curriculum 🔹 “Hidden on Your Kid’s Phone”: DEA’s new tool to help families protect their loved ones from online drug trafficking. 🔹 lessons on how to implement DEA’s Fentanyl Free America campaign #FentanylFreeAmerica# @CADCA @TheJusticeDept @WhiteHouse

#DEANortheast# Associate Chief of Operations Frank Tarentino joined @DEAHQ Principal Deputy Administrator Dan Salter & @SDSheriff Kelly Martinez to kick off the @FentanylFreeAmerica Summit’s COPS Academy panel “Leading with Purpose: Wisdom with a Badge” @TheJusticeDept #DEANewYork#

Before making history with a big turnout in Madison, MS, we sat down to talk about why this movement matters. Thank you @WJTV! The Walk for Lives MS is over, but the fight to save lives continues. 💡🤝 #FentanylFree# #WalkforLives2026# @deahq @thejusticedept

Day 2 of Fentanyl Free America Summit in Orlando kicked off with a Walk for Lives walk/run with law enforcement partners and community stakeholders nationwide to support the fight against fentanyl. @DEAHQ @TheJusticeDept @CADCA

Play by the Rules! Be alert about the dangers of illegal drugs.Fentanyl is being mixed with meth, cocaine, & heroin or pressed into counterfeit Rx pills. Someone can take fentanyl & not know it until it's too late. #DEAGoal# @TheJusticeDept @WHTaskForceFIFA @WhiteHouse

The Louisville Field Division took home threee awards at DEA's Inaugural Fentanyl Free America Summit this week: Excellence in Protection - Organization, Excellence in Protection - Individual, and Excellence in Support. Congratulations to all our winners! @DEAHQ @TheJusticeDept

#𝐅𝐅𝐀# 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 This session covers how prevention, public health, and law enforcement can align their efforts, leverage shared data and intelligence, strengthen partnerships to achieve greater collective impact, and advance a coordinated response to the overdose crisis. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: Dr. Grant Baldwing, Director, Division of Overdose Prevention, CDC. Helen Hernandez, MPH, Assistant Director, Office of Drug-Free Communities. Chris Jakim, National Coordinator, HIDTA, Overdose Response Strategy (ORS). #FentanylFreeAmerica# @CADCA @TheJusticeDept @WhiteHouse

DEA Administrator Terry Cole got things started this morning with law enforcement panels that drilled down into details of criminal activity, patterns, and ways to combat it. @DEAHQ @TheJusticeDept @CADCA

#DEANortheast# Associate Chief of Operations Frank Tarentino delivers remarks at Brooklyn’s Korean War Veterans Plaza, kicking off the start of #DEANewYork# & @UAFentanyl’s @WalkForLives across the Brooklyn Bridge. @DEAHQ @TheJusticeDept #FentanylFreeAmerica# #AmericaWalks#

#𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭#: 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 - 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 Florida and Virginia are leading the way in reducing overdose deaths through bold, community-driven strategies. This panel brings together the leaders who fought for and executed statewide strategies that moved the needle on overdose deaths. The panelists discuss what it takes to lead from the front and how other states can learn from their example. 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭: Former Virginia First Lady Susan Youngkin, DEA Senior Advisor Matthew Hanley, former Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Marcus Anderson, Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma, and Director Thomas Hall, Coalition for a Drug-Free Community, Orange County. #FentanylFreeAmerica# @CADCA @SeminoleSO @TheJusticeDept @WhiteHouse

DEA Administrator Terry Cole presented two of our community activists the first ever #FentanylFreeAmerica# Prevention Awards to Laura Lynch (Individual) award winner and Sandy Snodgrass (Alaska Fentanyl Response) organization award winner. @DEAHQ @TheJusticeDept

🚨 Welcome to DEA’s First Fentanyl Free America Summit! 🚨 DEA Administrator Cole kicks off this groundbreaking event, bringing together leaders and communities from around the nation to address the urgent demands of the fentanyl crisis and strengthen partnerships to help end it. Together, we can build a safer, healthier, and #FentanylFree# America. #DEAPartnerships# @CADCA @DAGToddBlanche @ONDCP @TheJusticeDept @WhiteHouse